A No Hole in My Bucket Weekly Link Round-Up

 

Another week with nothing much to say. What an exciting life we lead! As I write this, Denis and I do have an outing to the zoo planned for tomorrow (Wednesday) if all goes well. Hopefully, I'll have some photos to share in the near future. 

My leg still continues to cause trouble, and I'm heartily sick and tired of it. Next Friday, I'll be seeing a new doctor, and it would be lovely if we could get to the root of what's causing this.

In the interim, I've decided two things. One, if I have to put up with this leg being wrapped all the time, I'm at least going to have a little color to brighten things up. What do you think of the two-tone green? Tomorrow for the zoo I plan on tan and teal. Look at me, a fashion plate! *laughing*

The other thing I've decided is that I'm fed up with being housebound, especially since we're all "vaccinated up." I don't know about Denis, but I intend to keep on wearing a mask. It will keep my nose from getting sunburned if I happen to forget the sunscreen, and wearing one does help with my allergies. Being tired of being housebound means that I want to get out and about, and if this means that I have to stick my foot in a bucket to catch the runoff from my leaky leg, that's what I'll do. (I've been using an electric scooter, so this doesn't mean that I'll be walking around with a bucket on one foot, although that is a rather amusing mental picture.)

Anyway, I'm all ready for the zoo tomorrow, and I hope you're enjoying spring wherever you may be. Enjoy the links!

[Note: due to an eye problem Denis had, we didn't go to the zoo. Denis went to the eye doctor instead. Oh well. *sigh*]

►Books & Other Interesting Tidbits◄

• Author Anne Hillerman on finding inspiration for fiction in the kindness of untruths.
• Sony Pictures sets the release date for the crime drama Where the Crawdads Sing.
• Take a look at a revolving bookcase called Ariel.
• "Bill and I got pretty friendly": James Patterson on writing with Clinton and clashing with Trump.
• Author C.S. Harris on keeping a long-running series fresh: the secret is character.
• How bookishness affects the book biz.
• Hunting for books in the ruins: how Syria's rebel librarians found hope.
• The ill-fated idea to move the nation's capital to St. Louis.
• Fourteen brands offering freebies for getting the COVID-19 vaccine.
  

►Channeling My Inner Indiana Jones◄

• A melting glacier in the Italian Alps reveals a trove of World War I artifacts.
• A presumed portrait of Catherine Howard may actually depict Anne of Cleves.
• 1,20 years ago, Maya children decorated this hidden cave with handprints. (Reminds me of the "Baby House" tucked away in Monument Valley.)
• In ancient Turkey, gladiators fought at this Colosseum-like amphitheater.
• The tomb of Maid Marian.
• A 17th-century gold mourning ring may be linked to an executed English aristocrat.
• An Irish farmer stumbled onto an untouched ancient tomb.
• An actual head cone found on a buried Egyptian woman has solved an ancient mystery.
• The teeth of fallen soldiers hold evidence that foreigners fought alongside ancient Greeks, which challenges millennia of military history.
  

►Channeling My Inner Elly Mae Clampett◄

• Condors won't stop visiting (and trashing) this California woman's house. Here's why.
• Dogs can donate blood to save the lives of their fellow canines, too.
• The elusive Bornean Rajah scops owl with bright orange eyes has been seen for the first time in 125 years.
• According to science, here's why cats like to sit in boxes.
• Baby sea turtles spend "lost years" in the Sargasso Sea.
• Watch this brave titmouse (bird) pluck hair from a sleeping fox.
• A man documented how a moose and her calves spent the whole day in a family's backyard.
• The bee hummingbird is the jewel of nature.

►Fascinating Folk◄

• Why historians should reevaluate Mary Todd Lincoln's oft-misunderstood grief.
• The enduring mystery of Mary Roberts Rinehart, America's answer to Agatha Christie.
• Author Iona Whishaw's family of spies.
• Lyn Macdonald, who preserved the voices of World War I, has died at the age of 91. I love her books-- such a vivid window into an era.
• Arni Magnusson, the obsessive scholar who saved Iceland's ancient literary legacy.
• How Pretty in Pink star Andrew McCarthy became an unlikely teen heartthrob.
• Jacques Futrelle, the crime writer who went down with the Titanic.
• The Asian American women who fought to make their mark in World War II.
• A joy of reading, sparked by Hasina Islam, a special librarian determined to make a difference.

►The Happy Wanderer◄

• Globally, forests the size of France have grown back since the year 2000.
• Pride and property: on the homes of Jane Austen.
• Twenty facts about Route 66.
• The "three-dimensional game board" of Agatha Christie's country houses.
• Contemporary Mauritanian literature.
• The crime books of Mongolia: murder on the roof of the world.
• Portugal has opened the world's longest pedestrian bridge, and it's a trip.
• Seven author-owned bookstores you should visit.
  

►I ♥ Lists◄

• Seven books brimming with the magic of libraries.
• Seven books about the Partition of India and Pakistan.
• The most anticipated crime books of 2021, a summer reading guide.
• Nine great thrillers featuring alter egos.
• Eleven actors who took home their animal co-stars.
• Eleven historical mystery books for fans of Ellis Peters.
• The ten most expensive movies ever made.
• Fifty of the best new non-fiction books about the natural world. 

That's all for this week! Don't forget to stop by next Friday when I'll be sharing a freshly selected batch of links for your surfing pleasure. 

Sta safe. Stay healthy. And don't forget to curl up with a good book!